INSTYTUT NAUK O ZIEMI UNIWERSYTETU MARII CURIE-SKŁODOWSKIEJ KOMISJA ZMARZLINOZNAWSTWA KOMITETU BADAŃ POLARNYCH POLSKIEJ AKADEMII NAUK SESJA POLARNA PROBLEMY ŚRODOWISKA NATURALNEGO ARKTYKI Lublin, czerwiec 1992 WYPRAWY GEOGRAFICZNE NA SPITSBERGEN
INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES MARIA CURIE-SKLODOWSKA UNIVERSITY PERMAFROST COMMISSION OF COMMITTEE ON POLAR RESEARCH, POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES POLAR SESSION ARCTIC NATURAL ENVIRONMENT PROBLEMS Lublin, Poland - June 1992 SPITSBERGEN GEOGRAPHICAL EXPEDITIONS
OPRACOWANIE REDAKCYJNE Janina Repelewska-Pękalowa Kazimierz Pękala TŁUMACZENIA Maria Charmas Elżbieta Z. Duszyńska Tadeusz Gąszcz Ewa Gnyp PROJEKT GRAFICZNY OKŁADKI ( Adoracja śnieżynek", linoryt, 1991) znak wypraw i linoryty z cyklu: Świątynie Królowej Śniegu" Zbigniew Jóźwik REDAKCJA TECHNICZNA Stanisław Skwarek ISBN 83-227-0492-5 Oddano do składu 6 maja 1992 roku, wydrukowano 26 maja 1992 roku. Skład, łamanie, diapozytywy tekstu: Oficynapoligraficzno-wydawnicza Versus", Lublin, ul. Złota 2 Montaż, druk, oprawa: Zakład Poligrafii UMCS Diapozytywy ilustracji, matryce: Zakład Kartografii INoZ UMCS Nakład 400 egz. + 25 nadb. aut., papier offset III kl., BI 70 g. Zam. nr 150/92
CONTENTS Preface 1 M. E. Jasiński, V. F. Starkov Preliminary account in the archaeological investigation of a cultural layer in moraine deposits of the Renard Glacier, Recherchefjorden, Svalbard 9 J. Pereyma Polar glacier mass balance in the light of some climatic factors 23 S. Bartoszewski, К. Siwek Meteorological conditions of the Scott River outflow in the summer 1990 (Western Spitsbergen) 31 T. Niedźwiedź - Extreme surface temperatures of arctic tundra (SW Spitsbergen) 39 A. Musial Morphology of the lower part of Berzeliusdalen (Nordenskiold Land).... 53 M. Harasimiuk, Т. Król The dynamics of morphogenetic and sedimentary processes in the estuary segments of river valleys in the Recherche Fiord (Western Spitsbergen).. 59 W. Jezierski Spatial changeability of dynamics of marine sediment processes in Calypsostranda region (Recherche Fiord, Western Spitsbergen) 67 J. Repelewska-Pękalowa, К. Pękala Solifluction processes at Rechercheljorden region (Western Spitsbergen) 73 G. A. Tarasov, R. Spielhagen, H. Grohe Features of terrigenic material transport by ice in polar sedimentation 81 G. A. Tarasov, S. D. Denisenko, G. G. Matishov, I. A. Pogodina Moraine complexes and certain questions concerning paleoecology of the Treskelen region in the Hornsund Fiord (Western Spitsbergen) 89 V. B. Khasankaev Investigations of bottom stone material from the upper layer of bottom sediments in the region of the Bjórnóya 97 S. G. Denisenko, G. A. Tarasov Fossil complexes of bivalve molluscs with prevalence of Chlamys Islandica from coastal moraines of Treskelen area of the Hornsund Fiord (West Spitsbergen) 101 J. Melke, S. Uziak - Dynamics of some physicochemical properties of the soils from Calypsostranda (Spitsbergen) 107 2. Jóźwik Soil bacteria in Bellsund region in Western Spitsbergen 117 Z. Duriś On a small collection of Crustacea Decapoda from the Bellsund region, Spitsbergen 121 I. Pokrovskaya, G. Terlisky Density and spatial disturbation of seabird colonies of the Bellsund region, Spitsbergen 151 V. O. Mokyevsky The Greigaksla seabird colony 159 Z. Jóźwik, J. Magierski V. Trace elements in plants and soils of coastal plains of south Bellsund (Western Spitsbergen) 161 Z. Jóźwik VI. Heavy metals in phylum Bryophyta in the Bellsund region, Western Spitsbergen ' 171 J. Szczypa, W. Janusz, J. Solecki, G. G. Matishov, D. G. Matishov The investigations of concentration of radionuclides in the sediments in the Barents Sea 179 Z. Duriś- A report on Czechoslovak Arctic Biological and Diving Expedition Spitsbergen 91" 191 J. Repelewska-Pękalowa Scientific results of Polar Expeditions of Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, 1986-1991 197
PREFACE This ii already the fifth volume of the Geographical Expeditions to Spitsbergen", containing papers presented during the Polar Session of the Earth Sciences Institute, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, and committed to the problems of the development and changes of the Arctic natural environment. The volume contains articles, short communications and research reports connected with scientific investigations of the 1991 summer research season in Spitsbergen and the Barents Sea region. The selections and contents of the volume reflect the results of the international cooperation in the field of the polar research realized by the Earth Sciences Institute. The reported research results were obtained during the Vlth UMCS Expedition to Bellsund as well as international expeditions on research vessels: Polarstern" (Expedition of Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven) Pomor" and Dalnyie Zielentsy" (Expedition of Murmansk Marine Biology Institute). With UMCS Expedition cooperated also: Russian ornithological expedition and Czechoslovakian Arctic Biological and Diving Expedition from Ostrava. The 1991 geomorphological research programme of the Vlth UMCS Expedition was realized in cooperation with archaeological institutes: of the Trondheim University (Norway) and the Russian Academy of Sciences. Doc. dr hab. Krzysztof H. Wojciechowski Director of the Institute of Earth Sciences M. Curie-Sklodowska University